Question

In this colony, Louisa Lawson established the all-women-produced journal The Dawn. William Wentworth advocated for the rights of landholders who illegally claimed government land in this colony; the Robertson Land Acts later broke up that “squattocracy.” In an attempt to support rebels in Ireland, Philip (10[1])Cunningham led an uprising of Irish settlers in this colony’s Castle Hill Rebellion. (-5[1])Lachlan Macquarie (-5[1])became this colony’s governor after the confiscation of John Macarthur’s alcohol distillation equipment by William Bligh led to the (10[1])Rum Rebellion. (-5[1])The First Fleet brought hundreds of convicts (-5[1])from England (10[1])to establish this colony around Botany Bay. For 10 points, what first Australian colony shares its name with a present-day state based around Sydney? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: New South Wales [or NSW; prompt on British Australia]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia APenn State A4410
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AColumbia B57-5
Simon EmmanuelRutgers AJohns Hopkins B59-5
Arjun BothraHaverford APrinceton A7810
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan ABard A80-5
Thomas FlexerPenn State BRutgers C87-5
Elias ZiyadehPenn BPenn A8910
Chauncey LoColumbia BJohns Hopkins A11310
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard ARowan A1140
Maximilian NieburJohns Hopkins BRutgers A11410
Emma Victoria ByronRutgers CPenn State B11410